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Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google’s new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fadi Ch...
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Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google’s new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fadi Ch...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 9:29 am
The Domains
Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar. The application had a prioritization number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website, “the Geographic Names Panel determined that the .Bar falls within the crit...
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Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar. The application had a prioritization number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website, “the Geographic Names Panel determined that the .Bar falls within the crit...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 8:43 am
The Domains
Comcast / NBC Sports Sells Versus.com For Six Figures to Startup Versus.io
The domain name Versus.com has been sold by Comcast/NBC Sports for a “six figure sum” According to a story in VentureVillage.eu, The buyer is startup company that upgraded from the domain Versus.io According to the story, Versus IO ...
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Comcast / NBC Sports Sells Versus.com For Six Figures to Startup Versus.io
The domain name Versus.com has been sold by Comcast/NBC Sports for a “six figure sum” According to a story in VentureVillage.eu, The buyer is startup company that upgraded from the domain Versus.io According to the story, Versus IO ...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 7:53 am
The Domains
Godaddy To Rebrand .La Domain Names & Market Them In Los Angeles
According to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with CentralNic, the company that handles the database for .the .LA ccTLD. .LA is the ccTLD for Lao...
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Godaddy To Rebrand .La Domain Names & Market Them In Los Angeles
According to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with CentralNic, the company that handles the database for .the .LA ccTLD. .LA is the ccTLD for Lao...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 7:16 am
The Domains
Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven’t see any official announcement of the seizures...
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Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven’t see any official announcement of the seizures...
Discussion
July 5, 2013, 8:29 am
The Domains
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they...
Discussion
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they...
Discussion
July 5, 2013, 7:34 am
The Domains
Facebook Files UDRP For Fäcebook.org & 19 More Domains
Facebook filed a UDRP yesterday for 20 domain names including an IDN of Fäcebook.org with WIPO. Other gems on the list include the very dangerous FacebookAteMyBabt.com FacebookVacation.com (a great name for the next Chevy Chase movie IMHO) next ...
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Facebook Files UDRP For Fäcebook.org & 19 More Domains
Facebook filed a UDRP yesterday for 20 domain names including an IDN of Fäcebook.org with WIPO. Other gems on the list include the very dangerous FacebookAteMyBabt.com FacebookVacation.com (a great name for the next Chevy Chase movie IMHO) next ...
Discussion
July 4, 2013, 8:01 am
The Domains
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings In GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC‘s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dia...
Discussion
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings In GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC‘s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dia...
Discussion
July 4, 2013, 12:10 am
The Domains
98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci
98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and Bugatti Here are all the applicati...
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98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci
98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and Bugatti Here are all the applicati...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 7:57 pm
The Domains
AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD’s “opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its ...
Discussion
AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD’s “opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its ...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 6:28 pm
